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Clinton: South Africa Must Push Zimbabwe to Reform

Secretary of State says no end to sanctions against Mugabe

Aug 7, 09 9:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton is in South Africa, where the secretary of State called on the continent's richest nation to pressure Zimbabwe into reform. "South Africa has 3 million refugees from Zimbabwe, and every one of those refugees represents a failure of the Zimbabwean government to care for its own people,... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Zimbabwe • Robert Mugabe • diplomacy • secretary of State • South Africa • Jacob Zuma • Movement for Democratic Change

OPINION

 Time to Get Tough 
 With N. Korea 


Aug 6, 09 6:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - Getting Laura Ling and Euna Lee out of North Korea was a cakewalk compared to the real diplomatic struggles between the Obama administration and the rogue nation, writes Nicolas Kristof. The New York Times columnist, who has visited North Korea five times, used to favor engagement with Kim Jong-Il's regime.... More »

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North Korea • diplomacy • nuclear weapons • Burma • Kim Jong Il • Nicholas Kristof • nuclear transfer • Euna Lee • Laura Ling

analysis

 Back in the Groove, 
 Bill Comes 'Full Circle' 

Takes on role Carter played early in Clinton's presidency

Aug 5, 09 11:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - When President Clinton was still wet behind the ears, North Korea decided to ramp up its nuclear program—and Jimmy Carter headed over to sort things out. Now, things have come “full circle,” as Clinton takes on the role of diplomatic ex-president, note John Harris and Mike Allen... More »

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North Korea • diplomacy • Jimmy Carter • Bill Clinton • elder statesman • Obama administration

UPDATED

 Clinton Meets With Kim Jong Il 


Aug 4, 09 8:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - Bill Clinton has met with reclusive North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, official state media reports. The Korean news agency described Clinton as "courteously" conveying a message from President Obama, saying he and Kim shared a "wide-ranging exchange of views." But the White House denied that Clinton... More »

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Hillary Clinton • North Korea • diplomacy • State Department • Bill Clinton • Pyongyang • Obama administration • Euna Lee • Laura Ling

(Newser) - Critics who say Barack Obama is forcing Hillary Clinton to keep a low profile, a la a Daily Beast charge that it's time to let her take off the burqa, don't understand how foreign policy gets made in America, Anne Applebaum writes at the Washington Post. Clinton's post at State... More »

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Hillary Clinton • diplomacy • secretary of State • foreign policy • Obama administration

updated

 Fearing Bloodshed, 
 Zelaya Leaves Honduras 

Ousted prez takes action after negotiations fall apart

Jul 24, 09 9:49 PM CDT
(AP) - Ousted President Manuel Zelaya took a symbolic step into his homeland today, vowing to reclaim his post a month after soldiers flew him into exile. But he stayed less than 30 minutes before returning to Nicaragua, saying the risk of bloodshed was too great. He said he would give talks... More »

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diplomacy • Nicaragua • military coup • Honduras • President • coup d'etat • Manuel Zelaya

North Korea Blasts 'Funny Lady' Clinton

War of words after Clinton tells Pyongyang it has 'no friends'

Jul 23, 09 8:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - If insults were nukes, the US and North Korea would have destroyed the world today. Hillary Clinton, on a visit to Asia, told reporters that the secretive regime "has no friends left" to block denuclearization, after earlier in the week comparing Kim Jong-Il's coterie to "small children and... More »

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Hillary Clinton • North Korea • diplomacy • Asia • secretary of State • Kim Jong Il • ASEAN • insult

ANALYSIS

Loyal but
Tough, Clinton Returns to Fore

Facing do-everything White House, Hillary reasserts herself

Jul 16, 09 5:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - Yesterday Hillary Clinton delivered an ambitious, muscular speech to the Council on Foreign Relations, in which she warned Iran of further sanctions while defending Barack Obama's policy of multifront diplomacy with rogue states. After months in the shadows, writes New York Times reporter Mark Landler, the secretary of State wanted... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • diplomacy • US foreign policy • State Department • secretary of State • Sidney Blumenthal • Obama administration • Obama Cabinet

(Newser) - Halfway through his term as UN secretary-general, Ban Ki-Moon is best known for his low profile, reports the Wall Street Journal. The Korean is praised in many quarters as a fine administrator with strong principles, but his pronouncements often go unnoticed, to the frustration of UN officials who fear his... More »

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United Nations • diplomacy • Ban Ki-Moon • UN Secretary General

ANALYSIS

 Obama's 5-Step 
 Foreign Policy Plan 


Jul 13, 09 6:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama is several months into a second campaign: a bid to win the world’s approval. But what shapes his foreign policy? Michael Scherer outlines five key parts for Time:
  • Pull from personal history: Obama has been pushing stories of his Indonesian childhood and Kenyan grandfather while
... More »

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Barack Obama • diplomacy • US foreign policy • international relations • foreign affairs • President Obama

ANALYSIS

 From Russia, 
 No Obama Love 




Jul 8, 09 7:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - Capitals across Europe have swooned for Barack Obama, but over two days in Moscow, the president got a reception more suited to a traveling salesman than a rock star. News coverage was sparse, crowds were nowhere to be seen, and even the students he addressed at an economics university came... More »

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Russia • Barack Obama • diplomacy • Michelle Obama • Moscow

(Newser) - President Obama arrived this morning in Rome ahead of his first G8 summit. Obama is meeting privately with Italian President Giorgio Napolitano and PM Silvio Berlusconi before traveling to L'Aquila, the earthquake-ravaged town that is hosting the international confab. The coming three days' talks will focus on climate change, foreign... More »

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Barack Obama • Pope Benedict XVI • diplomacy • Italy • Giorgio Napolitano • G8 summit • Silvio Berlusconi • L'Aquila

INTERVIEW

Obama Can Lead a Peaceful World: Kissinger

Former secretary of state admires president's early moves

Jul 7, 09 12:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - Former secretary of state Henry Kissinger has warm words for President Obama, whom he describes as "like a chess player who has opened his game with an unusual opening" in an interview with Der Spiegel. "I have no quarrel with the opening move," he adds. "I... More »

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Barack Obama • diplomacy • State Department • secretary of State • Henry Kissinger • peace • realism • idealism • neoconservatives

(Newser) - Barack Obama began his second day in Russia by meeting with Vladimir Putin at the president-turned-prime minister's country home outside Moscow. The two leaders both expressed a desire for improved relations, and observers said they had a cordial discussion. The president then addressed a Moscow economics university, where he told... More »

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Russia • Barack Obama • diplomacy • Moscow • Vladimir Putin • Mikhail Gorbachev • Dmitry Medvedev

(AP) - Barack Obama opened his first Moscow summit with confidence today, predicting "extraordinary progress" out of meetings set to test his diplomatic skills on important priorities such as nuclear arsenal reductions and the fight in Afghanistan. "The United States and Russia have more in common than they have differences,... More »

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Russia • Barack Obama • diplomacy • Dmitry Medvedev

(Newser) - As Barack Obama arrives in Moscow for his toughest diplomatic challenge since taking office, the Guardian looks back on earlier US-Russia showdowns to gauge who had the upper hand.
  • Kennedy vs. Khrushchev, 1961: The ultimate cold war summit, shadowed by the space race and the Berlin Wall. A draw,
... More »

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Russia • Barack Obama • diplomacy • Moscow • Vladimir Putin • John F. Kennedy • Richard Nixon • Mikhail Gorbachev • Ronald Reagan • Russian president • George W. Bush • Nikita Khrushchev • Leonid Brezhnev

analysis

Paranoid Russia Poses
Big Test for Obama

President's trip to Moscow will be hard work, no fun

Jul 3, 09 12:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - The last time Barack Obama went to Russia, he and another senator were detained by border guards for hours—and his upcoming trip won't be much fun either, say the editors of the Economist. Russia's economy is beholden to unstable oil and gas prices, the country's mortality rate is spiking,... More »

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nuclear proliferation • Russia • Barack Obama • diplomacy • Moscow • Vladimir Putin • Dmitry Medvedev • arms control

US Ambassador Returns to Venezuela 

Diplomat back in Caracas 9 months after Chavez booted him

Jul 2, 09 7:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - The American ambassador to Venezuela is back in Caracas 9 months after Hugo Chavez sent him packing, AFP reports. The diplomat was expelled after Chavez alleged that America was trying to undermine Bolivia's leftist government, one of his key allies. Venezuela's ambassador to the US, who was booted out soon... More »

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diplomacy • Venezuela • Bolivia • Hugo Chávez • ambassador

(Newser) - The European Union is “disqualified” from participating in further nuclear talks with Iran, the country’s top general said today, accusing it of “interference” in post-election riots. At the same time, the EU is considering withdrawing its ambassadors in response to the arrest of nine British embassy staffers... More »

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Iran • diplomacy • European Union • nuclear enrichment • Britain

Clinton Pushed Obama for Tougher Stance on Iran

President decided last-minute to use 'appalled and outraged' language

Jul 1, 09 10:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - When President Obama recently toughened his language against the Iranian government, saying he was “appalled and outraged” at its violence against demonstrators, it came as a “happy surprise” to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, administration officials tell the Washington Times. Clinton had been pushing for a tougher stance... More »

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Iran • Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • diplomacy • election fraud • disputed election • Obama administration • President Obama • Neda Agha Soltan

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